Ticket-holder.



No. 838,003. PATENTED DEC. 11, 1906.

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No. 838,003. PATENTED DEG. 11, 1906.

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TICKET-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1 1, 1906.

Application filed February 16, 1966. Serial No. 301.480.

To all whom it Wmy concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. BRYANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Holders and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the inven tion, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to ticket-holders, and more particularly to that class of holders adapted to be used in connection with carseats to hold the conductors identification slip or ticket.

The object of my device 's to provide a cheap, durable, and efficient device which can be used in connection with any form of car-seat, and one which will be embedded in the upholstering of the seat so that a smooth surface will be presented, and thereby obviating the possibility of clothing or other obj ects catching thereon.

This particular invention is adapted more particularly to be used in connection with car-seats the backs of which are slidably adjustable from edge to edge of the seat, and as there are one of my devices on each side of the back of the seat there will be a ticketreceptacle immediately in front of the passenger at all times.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide means for securing the ticket in the holder.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referredto in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a art of this application, I'have shown the pref rred forms of my invention.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of the back of a car-seat with one of my ticket holders attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through the seat-back and the ticketholder. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view as seen from line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the ticket-securing device removed from the holder. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional View of a portion of the seatback and a slightly-modified form of holder. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of that form of holder shown in Fig. 5 removed from the seat. Fig. 7 is a vertical sectional view thereof, as seen from line 7 7 in Fig. 6.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is the back portion of a car-seat, which is of the usual or any preferred form, said seat being provided with the usual uphol'stering 2, covering a central strip 3. Secured to said back by screws 4 or any preferred means is my'improved ticket-holder 5, said holder having portions of its surface slit and struck in, as shown at 6, to form pockets or ways for the identification-slip 7. Extending across the center of the holder 5 is a strip 8 to form the face of the pocket 6. Secured to one side of the ticket-holder 5 is a locking-plate 9, said plate having a \I-shaped and positively secured against accidental 1 loss.

In Figs. 5, 6, and 7 of the drawings I have shown a different form of locking-plate, in that the locking-plate is in the form of spring members 11, said spring members being formed integral at one end with one edge of the ticket-holder 5 and extended vertically over the pockets 6 The locking-strips 11 are provided with V-shaped struck-up portions 12, which are adapted to extend between the openings in the pockets 6 and serve to lock the tickets in said pockets.

In use the conductor ascertains the destination of the passenger, whereupon he designates upon the identification-slip 7 the destination of said passenger and places said slip in the holder upon the back of the seat immediately in front of the passenger, and should there be two passengers in said seat having different destinations the individual identification-slip is placed in that side of the ticket-holder corresponding to the position of the passenger in the seat. By this device it will therefore be readily observed that the identification-slips are in plain view of the conductor passing through the aisle and readily accessible to him, thereby obviating the necessity of placing the identification check or ticket in the passengers hat or placing the same upon the window-sill or other points about the seat. If desired, also, the passenger may place his railroad-ticket in said holder until such time as the conductor may pass through the train and collect said tickets.

What I claim is 1. The combination with a car-seat; of a ticket-holder secured thereto, said holder having struck-up portions in the face thereof to form ockets, a longitudinal stri between said poc (ets and integral with sald holder, and means on the rear of said holder coacting with said longitudinal strip to securea ticket in said pockets.

2. The combination with a car-seat, of a ticket-holder secured thereto, said holder having struck-up portions in the face thereof to form pockets, a longitudinal strip between said pockets and integral with said holder and a locking member having a substantially V-shaped struck-up portion therein coacting with said longitudinal strip and adapted to secure tickets in said pockets.

3. A ticket-holding device comprising a body portion having struck-up portions in the face thereof to form pockets, said pockets having their inner ends open, a longitudinal strip integral with said body portion and between said pockets, a locking device sev ALBERT L. BRYANT. Witnesses O. S. FRYE, AUGUST PETERSON. 

